The food at mid city beer garden is mediocre at best.

Why are you going to a beer garden for food?

The beers bad too lol

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I almost don't consider it a bar.

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That’s because they went insane during Covid and the insanity never left the building since. It was like 2022 and we got aggressively scolded for leaving our table without a mask OUTDOORS when masks weren’t a thing anymore.

They don’t let you meander around, so in my brain, not a bar. Used to be a bar and was fun. Not any longer.

I live right by the place, but the food is average and the TV set up is pretty bad if you want to watch sports - you've got to be seated in one of a handful of spots at the bar.

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you've got to be seated in one of a handful of spots at the bar.

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What kind of bullshite is this?

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It was like 2022 and we got aggressively scolded for leaving our table without a mask OUTDOORS

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Those brownshirts need to go out of business then.

I’ll never go back because of how expensive it was for what you get, plus our service was really bad.

Well shite. I’ve just started relearning cool places to eat in BR (kid starting LSU, 20 years since I was there) and added this place based purely on name, but looks like I’ll be deleting it now.

Any other recs for good food and beer spots on and off campus? Other than the obvious Chimes and Walk Ons.

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Any other recs for good food and beer spots on and off campus? Other than the obvious Chimes and Walk Ons.

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I recommend the beer and food at Pelican to Mars down the street. They have a lot of pop-ups and the food truck is consistently great. Dude puts out some massive sandwiches for 12-13 dollars.

Elsie's is always solid for food, as is Rocca Pizzeria.

Radio Bar is good for cocktails, but they don't have food typically (they do occasionally have pop-ups and food trucks).

The beer at Tin Roof isn't anything worth writing home about, but the food there is consistently good.

Brickyard has great drink prices, and the hot dogs are really good for what they charge.

Ivar's makes a great burger.

Barracuda is an excellent spot to eat expensive (but good) tacos and sip drinks.

The food and beer at The Bulldog is still good quality.

I've heard the quality at The Merchant has gone down, but I remember their food always being very good.

Zee Zee's has shockingly great food for a bar.

Zippy's is trash, and I will never understand why anyone recommends it.

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Why are you going to a beer garden for food?

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It’s the same food from Chelsea’s. Their grilled cheese sandwich is legit. And they have the best fries in town IMO.